Phillips Academy
Cochran Chapel, Rte. 28, Andover campus. 978-749-4995. 2/25: 7:30 p.m. Free. Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Amadeus Ensemble, Corelli Ensemble.

Dick Doherty's Comedy ClubsNorth Andover, Comedy Escape at the China Blossom,Comedy Escape at the China Blossom,
routes 125 and 133, North Andover. 800-401-2221. Fri.-Sat. 9:30 p.m. $10-$12. 2/25-2/26: Kevin Knox, Mike Koutrobis, Ted Barrett. 124 Boylston St., Boston. 781-729-2565. Thurs.-Sun. 9 p.m. $8-$10. Thurs.-Sat. standup, Sun. open mike night. 2/25-2/26: Mark Scalia Showcase. Rte. 28, Randolph. 800-401-2221. Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 8 and 10:30 p.m. 2/25-2/26: Paul Nardizzi, John Fisch, Teresa Cragen. Pickering Wharf, Salem. 800-401-2221. Fri.-Sat. 9 p.m. $10-$12. 2/25-2/26: Tom Clark, Steve Faria, Walter Dixon.

Comedy Palace
11 E. Central St., Worcester. 508-792-1126. Fri. 9 p.m.; Sat. 8 and 10:30 p.m. $10. 2/25-2/26: Don Gavin, Mike Coleman, Darren Lacroix.Grill 93, River Road, Andover. 888-TO-LAUGH. Thurs. and Sun. 8 p.m., Fri. 9 p.m., Sat. 8 and 10:30 p.m. (hypnotist Joey DeVito at 10:30). $8 and $12. Sun., 8 p.m., Boston Comedy Showcase, $8. 2/25-2/26: Freddie Stone, Pete Costello.

Spay Day 2000
MSPCA Animal Shelter, 400 Broadway, Rte. 28, Methuen. 978-687-7453. 2/26: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Learn cat facts, spaying and neutering information, adopt-a-cat, pet gift basket raffle.

What Good Is Song? The Route to Roots
Marran Theater at Lesley College, 29 Everett St., Cambridge. 617-349-8579. 2/26: 8 p.m. Free. One-man show starring Lawrence Watson, singer, activist, and professor, Liberal Arts Dept. at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley College.

Lawrence Watson presents What Good is a Song? The Route to Roots
Lesley College, Marran Theater, 29 Everett St., Cambridge. 617-349-8579, 617-349-8574. 2/26: 8 p.m., free. Celebration of African-American musical expression. With Workforce 2000.

Massachusetts College of Art
McCoy Gallery, junction routes 114 and 125, North Andover. 978-837-5000. Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through 2/26: Saltwater Works, Clifford Smith.

Brooks School
Robert Lehman Art Center, 1160 Great Pond Road, No. Andover. 978-725-6232. Tues.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 8:30 a.m.-noon, Sun. 2:30-5 p.m. Through 3/5: The Photograph as Icon, Susan Haas. College of the Holy Cross Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Wocester. 413-545-3670. Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 2-5 p.m.

Phillips Academy
Addison Gallery of American Art, Rte. 28, Main Street, Andover. 978-749-4015. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Through 3/19: Riding 1st Class on the Titanic, photographs by Nathan Lyons. Through 4/2: Between Image and Object, prints by Robert Mangold.

Essex Art Center
56 Island St., Lawrence. 978-685-2343. Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Through 2/18: Minernil, by Joffre Lefevre; Werks, by Eric Legacy; Narrative Sculpture in Clay, by Betty Ann Libby; and Observations of Hermeticism, by Eric Love.

Andover Historical Society Museum/Research Center
97 Main St. (Rte. 28), Andover. 978-475-2236. Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Mon. by appointment. $4, children and seniors $2. Includes 19th-century period rooms and galleries in 1819 house; barn museum with 19th-century tools.

Les Zygomates
129 South St. 617-542-5108. Live entertainent Tues.-Thurs., 8-11 p.m., Fri.-Sat., 9 p.m.-midnight. No cover unless noted. 2/24, 3/2: Jinga Trio. 2/25: Chiara Givello. 2/26: Eula Lawrence. 2/29: The Alvin Terry Trio. 3/1: Ellen Cantarow.

Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology
Main (Rte. 28) and Phillips streets, Phillips Academy campus, Andover. 978-749-4490. Tues.-Sat. noon-5 p.m. Free. Closed major holidays. Ongoing: Mikwitemanej Mikmanaqi'k: Let Us Remember the Old Mi'kmaq, photographs taken in Mi'kmaw communities in the U.S. between 1930-1931 by anthropologist Frederick Johnson.

Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy, Rte. 28, Andover. 978-749-4015. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Closed major holidays. Free. Through 4/2: Between Image and Object: The Prints of Robert Mangold, retrospective of more than 120 prints by this minimalist artist. Through 3/19: Riding 1st Class on the Titanic! photographs by Nathan Lyons, founder of the Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York. 2/27: 2 p.m., panel discussion on Riding 1st Class on the Titanic! moderated by Anne. W. Tucker, curator of photography, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Malden H.S.
Class of 1950, Ramada Rolling Green, Andover. 781-321-4348. 10/14.

Wadsworth Atheneum
600 Main St., Hartford, Conn. 860-278-2670. Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $7, students and seniors with ID $5, ages 6-17 $3, children under 6 free. Free all day Thurs. and on Sat. before noon, timed tickets required for the Dali exhibit, $14, seniors and students $12, ages 6-17 $10, children under 6 free. Through 8/6: Calder in Connecticut: An Intimate View of an Endearing Revolutionary. Through 3/26: Salvador Dali's Optical Illusions, 60 dreamscapes (1926-1982). Through 4/9: Joseph Grigely/ Matrix 140. Through 6/4: Jacob Lawrence and Expressions of Freedom, presented by the Amistad Foundation at the Atheneum. 2/27: 1 and 3 p.m., Anasi, Spiderman of Africa! performance of African folktales by the Crabgrass Puppet Theater, $7, children $6.